I am not beating him up, I am just asking a question of is he not the complete player some think?

I think nail on head with the last bit of the sentence. I can't say I have a strong opinion of him either way as I've only seen him play a handful of games.

My point was a general one not necessarily related to comments on here.

We seem to have a habit of bigging our 10 up, assuming he is the best and then when he shows a couple of bad moments, throw him on the pile and chose a new 10 to do the same with over again.

I would say that this is one of the main reasons Priestland went poor. Suddenly everyone was out to get him, booing him and then calling him shit.

"Ah but he is an international player and shouldn't be playing if he can't take the criticism" people say. Well I counter that by saying - what people mean is "he is a Welsh fly half and our weird obsession with the myth of the perfect player means they will never be good enough as we don't let them develop".

Even Dan Carter would have bee shit had he played for Wales.

Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:50 pm

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Re: Lack of focus, unforced errors, composure and so on

Playing behind a beaten pack is a nightmare at 9 or 10

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